Politics in Iraqi Kurdistan - not at all what I expected!

Can you imagine a political system where major political parties had armies? That's how things work in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which has has been de facto independent in many ways for over 30 years. Additional notes and sources listed in a pinned comment. Music: ALI SHAKER / Kurdish Dance / Courtesy of Epidemic Sound Kurdistan Region of Iraq 00:00 Definition of "Kurdistan" 00:55 Iraqi Kurdistan emerges 02:08 The KDP and the PUK 04:20 The Kurdistan civil war 07:31 The US invasion of Iraq 08:59 The Gorran Movement 09:58 Iraqi Kurdistan fights Islamic State 13:32 Public and private sector corruption 14:30 Irqai Kurdistan's independence movement 17:11 Closing and final thoughts 20:29 #kurdistan #iraq